Hobbies!!!!!!!?

Question

I am looking for a hobby to do for the remainder of summer! Nothing lame like collecting pennies or stamps. something interesting either to do with outdoors or computers or ps2. plz answer asap. Ten points for best answer within 4 hours!

Answer 1

Oudoors: Gardening, wood work, photograhy

PS2: Burn Out 3, Guitar Hero

Computers: Build your own website

Answer 2

art.  art cures all boredom and leaves you feeling accomplishment.  maybe digital art?  i just bought a tablet for my pc to experiment with making digital art and photoshop stuff.

Answer 3

Hi!  Try making wire jewelry!  It is fun, fairly easy, and can be inexpensive to start out.  Use coupons to get a few basic tools and maybe a book or two.  If you look at the Joann's site on the internet, there are always coupons you can print out.  I think this week there are more than usual there--Coupon Commotion (?)--I think that's what they call it.  You could first check some books at your local library.  They must have something about making wire jewelry.  Google wire jewelry on the internet and you will find TONS of stuff about it.  Some people are rather elitist and insist that gold and silver--even platinum!--are the only wires that should be used, but that's just nuts.  Lots of people are now using coated and colored wires.  I am currently wearing two chain maille bracelets made with coated copper links, or jump rings.  They are beautiful!  One is a very plain design: 2 rings in 3 rings, again and again.  The other one is called a butterfly pattern.  It was my husband's first attempt at this design and it looks amazing!  It took him about two hours to do, which just flips me out because my basic, little chain took me many hours to complete.  My husband purchased the equipment needed to curl wire into tight spirals and then saw them into lots of little circles that are referred to as jump rings.  You can buy jump rings ready-made in many metals, even stainless steel; again, check the internet.  I have even seen them in glass and rubber.  We are both currently unemployed, so silver and gold are out of our reach right now, especially with prices rising.  But you can go to a craft store and get colored or copper wire for just a few dollars and give it a try.  Get a tool called round-nosed pliers and another tool called flat-nosed pliers.  You'll also need a wire cutter and wear eye protection when you work with wire!  Wrap wire around a small dowel tightly, keeping the coils touching each other.  Wrap as many times as you can.  Then gently remove the coil.  Use a very good quality cutting tool to then cut all the way through one side of your coiled wire.  They might stick together.  Just kind of wiggle them and they will start coming apart.  You might need a waxy kind of lubricant to make this easier.  You can find a very helpful and inexpensive tool called The Coiling Gizmo at most craft stores.  It looks like almost nothing, but it is very helpful in coiling wire.

Look at Preston Reuther's wire jewelry site and read about the amazing troubles he went through before he discovered his love of creating wire designs.  Go to: www.wire-sculpture.com.  This kind man was my husband's teacher for three days in Louisiana in 2005, two weeks before Katrina struck.  Their building was damaged by Katrina and boy, was I glad my husband had gotten home before Katrina struck!  :(

You can also try something called a jig that will help you form wire into attractive designs.  You can make ear wires for earrings with the help of a jig.  There are a couple available in craft stores, but I would try to steer clear of them.  Some people have had trouble with them: pegs falling out of the bottom and other hassles.  Go to this site: www.wigjig.com.  They have several different jigs and will tell you just what you can do with them.  Wigjig show LOTS of designs and how to make them yourself!  Also look for Corrine Gurry's wire jig at www.wirewizard.com.  Hers is made of aircraft quality aluminum.  Much wire work is done without the use of solder or glue.  We are afraid we would burn our house down, so we are purists.  :)   Also, I am a vegetarian, so I will not use any animal products in anything I create: no coral, shells, pearls (sadly, because pearls are so very lovely), suede cording, or leather, etc.  You can find wire in gold, gold plate, gold filled (has much more gold than gold plate), copper, brass, nickel (or German) silver (which oddly has no silver in it, but it is quite shiny; a problem, though for people allergic to nickel, so it's best for pieces that will not touch skin, such as pins, brooches, shawl pins), color-coated copper, and base metals that are cheap and good to practice with.  You really don't want to try your very first project that requires twenty feet of gold filled wire and end up with a bent and twisted eyesore that only your mother would love; makes it hard to pay the rent and buy food.  Round wire is available, of course, but I was surprised to learn that you can find half-round wire, square wire (looks gorgeous when twisted!), oval wire, and triangular wire!  There might be more, but these are the ones I have seen in person or in catalogs from which we order supplies.  Then there are the categories of hard wire, half-hard wire, soft wire, dead soft wire, etc.  They are all used for different purposes.  Additionally, wire becomes "work-hardened" when it is shaped, bent, or gently hammered.  I only know that the electrons in the metal shift, thus causing the change.  Too much hardening, though, will eventually cause "metal fatigue" and the metal will become brittle and eventually break (think Titanic here).  We have many books about creating wire jewelry.  I like them all, but I particularly enjoy the two books we have that were written by Linda Jones--especially her book about Celtic designs.  Celtic designs can be made on a wire jig.  They are simple to make and beautiful to behold.  I also like the books written by Tammy Powley and Dawn Cusick.  And then there is Scott David Plumtree's book about chain maille--breath-taking designs!  I find it difficult to stop staring at the uniquely beautiful photographs in these books.

A former co-worker of my husband heard Jim say that he creates wire jewelry.  The man remarked, "Say, there's a real manly activity."  Jim came home and told me this.  We both felt bad--for the person who made this stupid statement . My husband's masculinity was not threatened in the least.  How sad that this guy has such a small mind.  It seems to be the least secure people who say such incredibly dumb things.  We will think about him again someday when we are creating stunning works of art that people will be thrilled to wear or give as special and personal gifts.  And we will laugh all the way to the bank.

Give wire sculpture a try!  It's lots of fun!  :)

Best wishes,

Poozemom in Pa.  ;)

PS:  My husband is a computer programmer and gamer.

Answer 4

how about prestamped, prequilted, cross stitch baby or lap quilts

Answer 5

biking, reading, running, working out, pulling pranks, making videos, developing a computer game, decorating your ps2 so it looks like something different (like a bug or something)